Power Query Secrets: Unlocking Low-Code Data Transformation
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Meeting Sponsor: CGI
Topic: Power Query Secrets: Unlocking Low-Code Data Transformation
Power Query is where most BI solutions truly begin. Upstream transformations are great when they exist, but Power BI wouldn’t be what it is today without the flexibility and magic of Power Query.
In this session, we’ll dive into practical, real-world tips and patterns to help your Power Query solutions survive whatever chaos your data throws at you.
Whether you're working with Power BI, Dataflows, or Excel, you’ll pick up tricks to make queries cleaner, easier to debug, and far less likely to crumble the minute a source column disappears or gets renamed.
We’ll also explore some hidden gems that will feel familiar to DAX and SQL users, offering a fresh perspective on how you approach and organize logic as your data needs grow.
Walk away feeling more comfortable and confident in Power Query, ready for whatever your data throws at you next.
Speaker: Chris Cusumano
Chris is a Business Intelligence Architect at Quickbase. Since discovering Power BI in 2018, Chris Cusumano has helped teams in airline ops, engineering consulting, and the auto repair industry make sense of their data through clean models, sharp visuals, and scalable solutions. A self-taught data nerd with a knack for storytelling, Chris specializes in making analytics approachable and actionable. In 2025, he joined SaaS leader Quickbase to grow Power BI and Microsoft Fabric across the organization—bringing customer insights to life, one story at a time.